DiscoverBSD Now638: Hipsters want their distribution back
638: Hipsters want their distribution back

638: Hipsters want their distribution back

Update: 2025-11-20
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New Open Indiana Release, Understanding Storage Performance, a Unix OS for the TI99, FreeBSD Tribal knowledge, and more...



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Signifier flotation devices






Open Indiana Hipster Announcement






Understanding Storage Performance Metrics






News Roundup



UNIX99, a UNIX-like OS for the TI-99/4A






Making the veb(4) virtual Ethernet bridge VLAN aware






FreeBSD tribal knowledge: minor version upgrades






It's been 10 years since ZFS's 10th aniversary its integration into Solaris - A Reflection






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